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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Based on | Madeline byLudwig Bemelmans |
| Developed by | Judy Rothman |
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| Composer | Andy Street |
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| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 59 (and 6 specials) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | September 12, 1993 (1993-09-12) – February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28) |
Madeline is ananimatedpreschool television series produced byDIC Entertainment, L.P., as part of theMadeline media franchise. It began as a series of six television specials from 1988 to 1991, and then continued asMadeline andThe New Adventures of Madeline from 1993 to 2001.[2] The show is narrated byChristopher Plummer.
In 1960, the Madeline stories were adapted to a one-hour color episode for theNBC seriesThe Shirley Temple Show. Madeline was played by Gina Gillespie, child actor Michel Petit played Pepito, andImogene Coca portrayed Miss Clavel. The episode, as Madeline's first appearance on television, has been released to DVD.[citation needed]
On November 7, 1988,HBO aired an animated television special titledMadeline. The teleplay was an adaption of the first book written byLudwig Bemelmans. The later series was written byJudy Rothman who would become a writer, story editor, and lyricist for nearly all subsequentMadeline animated projects. The special was produced byDIC Enterprises andCinar (both now part ofWildBrain).[5][6] The special featuredChristopher Plummer as the narrator,[7] and featured original music and songs by veteranSesame Street songwriter and composerJoe Raposo[8][9] with lyrics by Rothman. The cast for all six specials is as follows:[4]
The special was nominated for an Emmy Award forOutstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less).[10] In 1990, the special was released onto VHS byHi-Tops Video. The success of the special led to CINAR andFrance Animation producing an additional five specials, all adapted by Rothman from the other five original books, forThe Family Channel.[5] The cast of the original special and Plummer all returned for the subsequent specials.[7] These specials featured music by Jeffrey Zahn, who replaced Raposo after his death in 1989. The theme song from the original special, "I'm Madeline", was reprised in each of the subsequent specials. The specials were released on video byGolden Book Video and Cinar/Sony Wonder in Canada.
With the success of the specials,The Family Channel commissioned a television series byDIC, which had been involved in the first of the six specials. The first season aired a total of 20 produced episodes from 1993 to 1994.[5]Christopher Plummer reprised his role as the narrator,[7] but most of the voice actors from the specials were replaced. In addition, Jeffrey Zahn was replaced by Andy Street; compared to the previous specials, however, the series featured only one song per episode (a few of them with a reprise/finale) in addition to the opening theme "I'm Madeline".
In 1995, an additional 13 episodes were produced by DIC forABC under the titleThe New Adventures of Madeline.[5] A new theme song, called "Hats Off to Madeline", was used as the new opening theme, with the music by Andy Street and lyrics byJudy Rothman;[11] some early airings of those episodes featured "I'm Madeline", but sung by the new voice cast. Most of the voices of the children characters were replaced, withAndrea Libman assuming the title role, while Plummer,Louise Vallance andFrench Tickner returned from the voice cast.
Shortly after its airing on ABC, both the network and DIC were acquired byThe Walt Disney Company. The 39 produced episodes and specials began to air in reruns on thePlayhouse Disney block ofDisney Channel. In April 1998, DIC launched a direct-to-video division that produced films for Disney and distributed worldwide throughBuena Vista Home Entertainment. The first film produced for this division,[12]Madeline: Lost in Paris, was released in August 1999.[13] Most of the cast members from the 1995 iteration returned withLauren Bacall andJason Alexander also voicing new roles. DIC afterwards produced 26 new episodes for Playhouse Disney.[14]Christopher Gaze replaced Plummer as the show's narrator due to DIC refusing to work with theAFTRA union. The show won aDaytime Emmy Award forOutstanding Children's Animated Program.
The two Christmas episodes calledMadeline at the North Pole andMadeline at Santa showed Lord Cucuface bringing Miss Clavel and the girls to the North Pole when a winter heatwave strikes Paris and is scheduled to last through Christmas this year bring warm, spring like weather to France in December.
Two more films followed ahead:My Fair Madeline, which aired onNickelodeon in November 2002 as part of theDIC Movie Toons series, andMadeline in Tahiti in 2005.
Madeline has continued to be shown in syndication. In the 2006-2007 season, the series was shown onCBS'KOL Secret Slumber Party Saturday morning block.[5]Qubo also aired reruns of the series from October 6, 2018 to February 22, 2021.[15] The series was also included in the On-Demand section ofSprout from 2015 to 2017, when the channel was rebranded to Universal Kids. As of September 2019, all broadcast and home video rights ofMadeline are owned byWildBrain.
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| Specials | 6 | November 7, 1988 (1988-11-07) | HBO | ||
| November 22, 1990 (1990-11-22) | October 9, 1991 (1991-10-09) | Global /Family Channel /FR3 | |||
| 1 | 20 | September 12, 1993 (1993-09-12) | January 23, 1994 (1994-01-23) | The Family Channel | |
| 2 | 13 | September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) | December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02) | ABC | |
| 3 | 26 | September 8, 2000 (2000-09-08) | February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28) | Playhouse Disney | |
| Films | 3 | August 3, 1999 (1999-08-03) | June 6, 2007 (2007-06-06) | Direct-to-video | |
| No. | Title | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | Madeline | Judy Rothman | November 7, 1988 (1988-11-07) (U.S.) January 4, 1992 (Can.) |
| 2 | Madeline's Christmas | Stephan Martiniere and Peter Landecker | November 22, 1990 (1990-11-22) (U.S.) December 21, 1990 (Can.) |
| 3 | Madeline and the Bad Hat | Stephan Martiniere and Peter Landecker | March 7, 1991 (1991-03-07) (U.S.) April 7, 1991 (Can.) |
| 4 | Madeline's Rescue | Stephan Martiniere and Peter Landecker | June 6, 1991 (1991-06-06) (U.S.) June 1, 1991 (Can.) |
| 5 | Madeline and the Gypsies | Stephan Martiniere and Peter Landecker | October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14) (U.S.) August 2, 1991 (Can.) |
| 6 | Madeline in London | Stephan Martiniere and Peter Landecker | November 28, 1991 (1991-11-28) (U.S.) October 9, 1991 (Can.) |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Madeline and the Forty Thieves" | Martha Moran | September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19) |
| 2 | 2 | "Madeline and the Dog Show" | Betty Birney | September 12, 1993 (1993-09-12)[16][17] |
| 3 | 3 | "Madeline and the Easter Bonnet" | Betty Birney | September 26, 1993 (1993-09-26) |
| 4 | 4 | "Madeline and the New House" | Story by :Judy Rothman Teleplay by : Martha Moran | October 3, 1993 (1993-10-03) |
| 5 | 5 | "Madeline and the Soccer Star" | Sandra Ryan | October 10, 1993 (1993-10-10) |
| 6 | 6 | "Madeline and the Toy Factory" | Janice Sonski | October 17, 1993 (1993-10-17) |
| 7 | 7 | "Madeline at Cooking School" | Susan Amerikaner | October 24, 1993 (1993-10-24) |
| 8 | 8 | "Madeline at the Ballet" | Betty Birney | October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31) |
| 9 | 9 | "Madeline and the Singing Dog" | Shelly Bennett | November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07) |
| 10 | 10 | "Madeline's Winter Vacation" | Susan Amerikaner | November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14) |
| 11 | 11 | "Madeline in Hollywood" | Rowby Goren | November 21, 1993 (1993-11-21) |
| 12 | 12 | "Madeline and the Pirates" | Betty Birney | November 28, 1993 (1993-11-28) |
| 13 | 13 | "Madeline's Birthday at the Zoo" | Shelley Bennett | December 5, 1993 (1993-12-05) |
| 14 | 14 | "Madeline at the Louvre" | Judy Rothman | December 12, 1993 (1993-12-12) |
| 15 | 15 | "Madeline and the Missing Clown" | Katie Shelly | December 19, 1993 (1993-12-19) |
| 16 | 16 | "Madeline and the Costume Party" | Martha Moran | December 26, 1993 (1993-12-26) |
| 17 | 17 | "Madeline and the Old Violin" | Betty Birney | January 2, 1994 (1994-01-02) |
| 18 | 18 | "Madeline and the Mean, Nasty, Horrible Hats" | Story by : Judy Rothman Teleplay by : Shelley Bennett | January 9, 1994 (1994-01-09) |
| 19 | 19 | "Madeline and the Talking Parrot" | Story by : Susan Amerikaner Teleplay by : Katie Shelly | January 16, 1994 (1994-01-16) |
| 20 | 20 | "Madeline in New York" | Judy Rothman | January 23, 1994 (1994-01-23) |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
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| 21 | 1 | "Madeline and the Lost Crown" | Susan Amerikaner and Judy Rothman Rofé | September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) |
| 22 | 2 | "Madeline on the Orient Express" | Shelley Bennett and Judy Rothman Rofé | September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16) |
| 23 | 3 | "Madeline and the Dinosaur Bone" | Judy Rothman Rofé | September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23) |
| 24 | 4 | "Madeline and the Magic Carpet" | Katie Shelly | September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30) |
| 25 | 5 | "Madeline and the Treasure Hunt" | Betty G. Birney | October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07) |
| 26 | 6 | "Madeline and the Mummy" | Libby Hinson | October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14) |
| 27 | 7 | "Madeline's Detective School" | Diane M. Fresco | October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21) |
| 28 | 8 | "Madeline and The Hunchback of Notre Dame" | Judy Rothman Rofé and Shelley Bennett | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) |
| 29 | 9 | "Madeline and the Big Cheese" | Story by : Judy Rothman Rofé Teleplay by : Betty G. Birney | November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04) |
| 30 | 10 | "Madeline and the Science Project" | Susan Amerikaner | November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11) |
| 31 | 11 | "Madeline and the Haunted Castle" | Martha Moran | November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18) |
| 32 | 12 | "Madeline and the Wild West" | Judy Rothman Rofé | November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25) |
| 33 | 13 | "Madeline's Holiday with Mr. Grump" | Stan Phillips and Judy Rothman Rofé | December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02) |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
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| 34 | 1 | "Madeline at the Hotel Riche" | Betty G. Birney | September 8, 2000 (2000-09-08) |
| 35 | 2 | "Madeline's Halloween" | Betty G. Birney | September 15, 2000 (2000-09-15) |
| 36 | 3 | "Madeline and the Spider Lady" | Diane Fresco | September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22) |
| 37 | 4 | "Madeline and the Can Can Cliques" | Shelley Zellman | September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29) |
| 38 | 5 | "Madeline at Cannes" | Shelley Zellman | October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06) |
| 39 | 6 | "Madeline and the Show Off" | Betty G. Birney | October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13) |
| 40 | 7 | "Madeline and the Wedding" | Story by : Susan Amerikaner and Judy Rothman Rofé Teleplay by : Susan Amerikaner | October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20) |
| 41 | 8 | "Madeline on Safari" | Story by : Judy Rothman Rofé Teleplay by : Judy Rothman Rofé and Betty G. Birney | October 27, 2000 (2000-10-27) |
| 42 | 9 | "Madeline and the North Pole" | Story by : Judy Rothman Rofé Teleplay by : Judy Rothman Rofé and Betty G. Birney | November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03) |
| 43 | 10 | "Madeline and Santa" | Martha Moran | November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10) |
| 44 | 11 | "Madeline and the New Girl" | Betty G. Birney | November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17) |
| 45 | 12 | "Madeline at Versailles" | Shelley Zellman | November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24) |
| 46 | 13 | "Madeline on Stage" | Betty G. Birney | December 1, 2000 (2000-12-01) |
| 47 | 14 | "Madeline and the Marionettes" | Diane Fresco | December 8, 2000 (2000-12-08) |
| 48 | 15 | "Madeline and the Ice Skates" | Martha Moran and Jim Ryan | December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15) |
| 49 | 16 | "Madeline and the Giants" | Betty G. Birney | December 23, 2000 (2000-12-23) |
| 50 | 17 | "Madeline and the Fashion Show" | Judy Rothman Rofé | December 30, 2000 (2000-12-30) |
| 51 | 18 | "Madeline's Manners" | Susan Amerikaner | January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03) |
| 52 | 19 | "Madeline and the Magic Show" | Story by : Anthony Kant and Sandy Kopitopoulos Teleplay by : Anthony Kant, Sandy Kopitopoulos and Susan Amerikaner | January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10) |
| 53 | 20 | "Madeline's Valentine" | Martha Moran | January 17, 2001 (2001-01-17) |
| 54 | 21 | "Madeline and the Perfume Factory" | Shelley Zellman | January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24) |
| 55 | 22 | "Madeline at the Eiffel Tower" | Shelley Zellman | January 31, 2001 (2001-01-31) |
| 56 | 23 | "Madeline and the Tea Party" | Susan Amerikaner | February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07) |
| 57 | 24 | "Madeline and the Dog Who Cried Wolf" | Susan Amerikaner | February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14) |
| 58 | 25 | "Madeline and the White Lie" | Cambria Gordon | February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21) |
| 59 | 26 | "Madeline at the Flea Market" | Story by : Diane Fresco Teleplay by : Diane Fresco and Shelley Zellman | February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28) |
On August 3, 1999,Buena Vista Home Video throughWalt Disney Home Video released the feature-length filmMadeline: Lost in Paris, featuring Madeline being drawn into a scam by her supposed "Uncle" Horst and finding the true meaning of the word "family". As with Season 2 and eventually Season 3 of the series,Andrea Libman reprised her role as Madeline.[18][19]
The film was later re-released on DVD on April 3, 2010, byShout! Factory.
In 2002, as a part of theDIC Movie Toons series of television films,DIC produced a film, titledMy Fair Madeline, where Madeline is falsely accused of misbehavior on a trip to the Louvre and is sent to a London Finishing School, while attempting to foil the plot of two thieves. The voice cast was almost entirely replaced for the film, withChantal Strand voicing Madeline andWhoopi Goldberg as Miss Clavel.
The film was originally aired on November 17, 2002, onNickelodeon and was later released onto VHS and DVD byMGM Home Entertainment, followed on with international airings onDisney Channel,Toon Disney andPlayhouse Disney.
In 2005, DIC produced another film, titledMadeline in Tahiti, which is the finalMadeline production to have been created. The film features Madeline and her friends going on a vacation toTahiti to stop Miss Clavel from retiring, with Pepito sneaking along, as well as stopping a villainous plot to erupt the Tahiti-nui volcano. Chantal Strand reprised her role as Madeline while other characters were recast or reprised their roles fromMy Fair Madeline; most notably,Ashleigh Ball voiced both Danielle and Nona.
The film was originally going to be released on DVD in the United States byWalt Disney Home Entertainment[20] in 2006, but this release never saw the light of the day. It was, however, released on DVD in some regions in June 2007 through other distributors,[21] and was eventually released in the United States oniTunes andAmazon Video in 2015 andYouTube in 2019.
The 1993 series was originally released byGolden Book Video on all single VHS volumes, andSony Wonder on bothVHS andDVD. The DVD versions contained 2 episodes each, sometimes with the original specials. The 2000 series was released byLions Gate Home Entertainment andTrimark Home Video in 2001 and 2002 on all VHS and DVD sets. In these DVD sets, the theme song was changed to a different song titled "Our Madeline" to match the Sing-a-Long versions. In 2008,20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released 2 DVDs titled "Next Stop, America" and "Meet Me in Paris", each containing 3 episodes. In 2010,Shout! Factory released 5 single-disc collections of the series.
In September 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released 3 single disc collections featuring content from the animated series as well as the original TV specials. "The New Adventures of Madeline - Adventures in Paris" contains 6 episodes from the 2000 series,[22] while "Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies" features various musical interludes from the animated series.[23] "Bonjour Madeline" contains all 6 original TV specials.[24] Later in May 2014, Mill Creek re-released the three single disc collections together in one three-pack set,[25] followed by "Madeline: The Complete Collection" on DVD in Region 1 for the first time in August 2015.[26] This six-disc collection features all six original specials produced byDIC Entertainment andCINAR between 1988 and 1991, as well as all 59 episodes from the "Madeline" TV series (1993, 1995, 2000–2001).
| DVD/VHS name | Episodes | Distributor | Release date |
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| Madeline Manners | "Madeline's Manners" "Madeline and the Show Off" "Madeline's Sing-a-Long" (DVD only) | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | September 25, 2001 |
| Madeline's Halloween Spooktacular (VHS only) | "Madeline's Halloween" "Madeline and the Spider Lady" | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | September 25, 2001 |
| Madeline's Sing-a-Long (VHS only) | "Madeline's Sing-a-Long" | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | September 25, 2001 |
| Madeline at the North Pole | "Madeline at the North Pole" "Madeline and Santa" "Madeline and the Ice Skates" (DVD only) | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | October 16, 2001 |
| Madeline's Best Manners | "Madeline's Manners" "Madeline and the Show Off" "Madeline and the Ice Skates" "Madeline and the Tea Party" | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | March 26, 2002 |
| Madeline at the Eiffel Tower | "Madeline at the Eiffel Tower" "Madeline at Versailles" "Madeline and the White Lie" (DVD only) | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | March 26, 2002 |
| Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline | "Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline" "Madeline's Sing-a-Long" (DVD only) | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Trimark Home Video | March 26, 2002 |
| Madeline – Volume 1 | "Madeline and the Ballet" "Madeline in New York" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | May 28, 2002 |
| Madeline – Volume 2 | "Madeline and the 40 Thieves" "Madeline and the New House" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | May 28, 2002 |
| Madeline's Winter Vacation | "Madeline's Winter Vacation" "Madeline in London" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | September 24, 2002 |
| Madeline's Christmas | "Madeline's Christmas" "Madeline and the Toy Factory" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | September 24, 2002 |
| Madeline's Easter | "Madeline and the Easter Bonnet" "Madeline and the Bad Hat" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | February 11, 2003 |
| Madeline the Star | "Madeline in Hollywood" "Madeline and the Soccer Star" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | February 11, 2003 |
| Madeline's Dog Stories | "Madeline and the Dog Show" "Madeline's Rescue" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | June 3, 2003 |
| Madeline's Adventures | "Madeline and the Pirates" "Madeline and the Gypsies" | Sony Wonder/Classic Media | June 3, 2003 |
| Madeline – Meet Me in Paris | "Madeline at the Eiffel Tower" "Madeline at the Louvre" "Madeline at Cannes" | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | February 11, 2008 |
| Madeline – Next Stop, America | "Madeline in New York" "Madeline in Hollywood" "Madeline in the Wild West" | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | February 11, 2008 |
| Madeline's Great Adventures | "Madeline and the Magic Carpet" "Madeline on Safari" "Madeline and the Lost Crown" "Madeline and the Gypsies" "Madeline and the Pirates" "Madeline and the Forty Thieves" | Shout! Factory | June 29, 2010 |
| Madeline's Halloween and other Spooky Tales | "Madeline's Halloween" "Madeline and the Mean, Nasty, Horrible Hats" "Madeline and the Mummy" "Madeline And The Haunted Castle" "Madeline And The Spider Lady" | Shout! Factory | August 17, 2010 |
| Madeline's Christmas and other Wintery Tales | "Madeline's Winter Vacation" "Madeline and Santa" "Madeline at the North Pole" "Madeline's Holiday with Mr. Grump" "Madeline and the Ice Skates" | Shout! Factory | October 19, 2010 |
| Madeline on the Town | "Madeline and the Wedding" "Madeline on Stage" "Madeline and the Fashion Show" "Madeline at the Ballet" "Madeline at the Costume Party" "Madeline’s Birthday at the Zoo" | Shout! Factory | March 8, 2011 |
| Madeline and her Friends | "Madeline and the Soccer Star" "Madeline and the Singing Dog" "Madeline and the Missing Clown" "Madeline and the Talking Parrot" "Madeline and the Big Cheese" "Madeline’s Rescue" | Shout! Factory | June 7, 2011 |
| Bonjour Madeline – The Original Specials | "Madeline" "Madeline's Christmas" "Madeline's Rescue" "Madeline and the Bad Hat" "Madeline and the Gypsies" "Madeline in London" | Mill Creek Entertainment | September 10, 2013 |
| The New Adventures of Madeline – Adventures in Paris | "Madeline and the Marionettes" "Madeline and the Ice Skates" "Madeline and the Can Can Cliques" "Madeline and the Fashion Show" "Madeline at the Eiffel Tower" "Madeline and the Perfume Factory" | Mill Creek Entertainment | September 10, 2013 |
| Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies | "Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline" "Madeline's Sing-a-Long" | Mill Creek Entertainment | September 10, 2013 |
| Madeline – The Complete Collection | All 59 episodes and 6 specials | Mill Creek Entertainment | August 4, 2015 |
In 2001, DIC produced twodirect-to-video releases which featured songs and clips from season 3 of the television series akin to Disney'sSing-Along Songs series, which were titled "Sing-a-Long with Madeline and her Friends" and "Sing-a-Long Around the World with Madeline".
They were originally released byLions Gate Home Entertainment andTrimark Home Video on September 25, 2001, and March 25, 2002, respectively,[27] and later reissued together by Mill Creek Entertainment as "Madeline's Merry Musical Melodies" on September 10, 2013, as well as being available for digital download.
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